What a load of rubbish (& other observations)

We do not understand why in a country as beautiful as this, the locals insist on dumping huge volumes of litter in the streets. It is rampant in Scotland. There are campaigns to try and draw attention to it, fines, but nothing seems to work. This photo was taken over the side of a wall just outside Stirling Castle...nothing is sacred apparently. Where's the pride?
Much of the service work here is done by non-Scottish people, in particular Eastern Europeans seem to dominate in hotel & restaurant jobs. One theory (mine) is that the service by locals is so bad that they've had to import labour to adequately service the tourist market. We've never heard the word "no" so many times as in Scotland...as in "no, I'm sorry we can't do that/don't have that/never heard of that", etc. It's strange, but it makes things just that little bit harder than they need to be. Still, Scotland is beautiful and succeeds as a destination despite itself.